Discharge spout for liquid containers



Patented Dec. 22, 19.25.

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SIGMUND FBEY, 0 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

DISCHARGE SlO'U'J. FOR LIQUID CONTAINERS.

Application filed February 28, 192 1.

To all whom :52, may concern.

Be it known that I, SIGMUND Fnni', a citizen of the United States, residing at Los An'geles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Discharge Spout for Liquid Containers, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to spouts of the character employed on containers for liquid and it is especially serviceable for vessels 1 containing extra supplies of water, gasoline oil and the like for'automobiles.

The invention is also well adapted to be used in connection with liquid measures of the character employed, for example, in measuring desired quantities of oil and discharging said oil into the crank case of an internal combustion engine. The invention is not limited to the uses noted above but is serviceable in connection with any container from which a liquid is to be dis charged.

An object of the invention is to provide a discharge spout that can be neatly telescoped within the container when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a spout having a'valve that is opened by moving the spout from one position into a different position.

This invention simplifies the construction of spout disclosed in my former Patent No. 1,461,269. dated July 10, 1923 and this simplification is an object that diiterentiates the present invention from that disclosed in said prior patent.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a container with which the spout embodying the invention is associated, a portion of the container being broken away to show the spout telescoped in closed position within the container.

Flg. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the spout shown in Fig. 1, partly 1n section and drawn part way out of the container,-

the valves being closed.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the parts in position to allow the liquid to flow from the container into the spout.

Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged plan sections on the lines indicated by 4-4, 55. Figs. 2 and 3, respectively.

Serial No. 695,720.

Fig. 6 is'an inverted plan section on the line indicated by 6 6, Fig. 2.

Referring; to the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, there is provided a liquid container 12, shown in Fig. 1 in the form 011 a canteen provided with a handle 13 and with a cylindrical neck 1-1 surrounding an opening 15 formed in the top of the canteen. A detachable cap 16 normally closes the neck 14, being. in this instance, screw threaded upon said neck. Secured within the opening 15 is a suitable sleeve valve 20. This sleeve valve may be soldered or otherwise secured in place in a manner to produce a leak-proof joint between it and the canteen. The sleeve valve 20 projects outwardly within the neck 14: and also projects into the interior of the canteen.

Slidably fitting the sleeve valve 20 is a discharge tube 18 provided near its inner end with a discharge port or ports 1.) which are closed by the sleeve valve 20 when the tube is drawn into the partly extended position shown in Fig. 2. The sleeve valve 20 is provided with a port or ports 21 adapted. when the valve and tube are relatively moved lengthwise to register with the ports 19, as in Fig. 3.

In this particular instance the valve 20 is formed by tubing closed at its lower end by a disc 26.

hen decanting liquid from the container. air may be admitted thereto. either by unscrewing the filling cap 30 or through a small orifice 31 in that portion ot the wall of the canteen enclosed by the neck 14. This orifice 31 will permit any liquid that may leak From the tube 18 into the neck 14 to drain From the interior of the neck iuto the canteen. To avoid such leakage, as far as possible. it is preferable to line the cap 16 with a suitable packing 35, for example cork, and the outer end of the tube 18 is expanded at 36 so as to cause said outer end to protrude slightly from the sleeve valve and be enerased by the packing 35.

Within the tube 18 is slidably mounted a slide valve 32 which is yieldingly held in position to close the ports 19 by a coil spring 33 that has one end resting against the inside of the upper end of the valve 32 and its other end against the disc 27. In order to hold the valve 32 stationary when the tube 18 is pulled upwardly beyond a predetermined point, the upper end of the valve 32 is connected by suitable means, such as atcotter pin 34, to the disc 26, said cotter pin extending through the disc 27 and having its ends bent "outwardly over the outer surface of the disc 26. V

f-The cotter pin 3% is sufliciently long to permit the valve 32 to close the ports 19 and, when the tube' 18 is drawn into position to register the ports 19, 21-, the disc 27 is pulled toward the valve '32 against the pressure of the spring 33.- Thus the spring 33 functions to yieldingly hold the tube 18, toward the disc'26 to close the ports .21. The disc 26. is loosely seated against the inner end of the sleeve valve so that,-

when the tube 18 is pushed inwardly from theposition shown in Fig. 2, said disc 25 will leave'the sleeve valve 20 and travel inwardly with the tube 18.

To use the invention, when it" is desired to, decant liquid from the container'12,-the cap'16 will be removed and the tube'18 '7 withdrawn from the canteen until the disc 1 26 strikes the sleeve valve 20,. as in Fig. 2. r-Thedischarge end ofthe tube 18 will then be inserted in the opening of the vessel that is to .receive the liquid and, the tube 18 willbe further extended against the pres- [sure ofthe spring 33 to cause the ports 19,

21 toreg'ister, in which position of the tube the valve 32 uncovers the ports 19, as in EigL3. To facilitate use of the nozzle, it

is preferable to provide a shoulder 37 near the outer end of the tube 18, which shoulder is engaged in the opening of the vessel that is being filled, and the 'container 12 is pulled away from said vessel, thus effecting extension of the tube 18 and consequent r opening of the ports- 19v and 21.

7 I. claim: 1. The combination with a liquid container ot'a, sleeve valve in the wall of the "container. provided with a port, a tube slidably mounted in the sleeve valve. and provided with a port and closed at its inner end, and valve means in. they tube operable,

by thev sleeve valve to uncover saidsecondport whenthe tube is slid through the sleeve alve- V container provided with a port, a tube Z-JjT-llfl. combination with a, liquid con tainer, ofa sleeve valve in the wall of the.

slidable in the sleeve valve .and provided with a port and closed at its inner end, a valve for controlling the port'in the tube, a spring tending to keep the "ports out of valve inside of the tube, a spring tendingto hold the slide valve in position to close the second port, and means engageable by the sleeve when the tube'is moved froni a second position into the first mentionedpo sition to hold the slide valve stationary relative to the tube. 5 t

4. A discharge spout comprisinga sleeve having a port, means toconnect, the sleeve with a liquid container, a tube slidably mounted in the sleeve and'provided with a port adapted to register with the first port when the tube is in one po'sition,'-a slide valve inside of the tube, a spring tending to hold the slide valve in position to close the secondport, and means operating when the tube is moved from a second position into the. first mentionedv position to hold the slide valve stationary relative tothe tube. 5. A discharge spout comprising a sleeve having aport, meansto connect thesleeve with a liquid container, a tube slidably] mounted in the sleeve and provided with a port adapted to register with'the first port,-

when the tube-is in one position, av slide valve inside'of the tube, a disk closing the inner end of the tube, pin extending through the disk andconnected atone end with the slide valve, a second disk on the pin engageable with one end of the sleeve,

and a spring between the first mentioned disk and one end of the slide valve.

" Si ned at Los Angeles, Callforn a, this 23rd day of February, 1924-.

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